JUNE 12 & 13 REPAIR WORKSHOP INFO
I'll be there Saturday to work on some ancient PDP-8 floppy drive controller stuff with Shugart 800's, with a secret guest. Also: if I may, I'll do further repairs on the VCFed Museum's H89 and external drive. The Googley spread-sheet shows someone asking about disassembling a classic Mac case, discharging the CRT and other skills. I'll be glad to show them but others will also know these things. A long Torx T15 tool is desirable. A suggestion to picnic was made; it's certainly plausible and even traditional. My focus is work on site but one must be social when opportunity permits, and when Covid vaccination allows. My hosts will make such decisions, they may have other considerations. regards Herb Johnson -- Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net
Herb, CDL just replaced the screwdrivers and torx sets with Wiha products. The T15 tamper resistant driver is 80mm long total - exactly what is adequate length to open a classic mac? Martin On 6/10/2021 10:36 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I'll be there Saturday to work on some ancient PDP-8 floppy drive controller stuff with Shugart 800's, with a secret guest. Also: if I may, I'll do further repairs on the VCFed Museum's H89 and external drive.
The Googley spread-sheet shows someone asking about disassembling a classic Mac case, discharging the CRT and other skills. I'll be glad to show them but others will also know these things. A long Torx T15 tool is desirable.
A suggestion to picnic was made; it's certainly plausible and even traditional. My focus is work on site but one must be social when opportunity permits, and when Covid vaccination allows. My hosts will make such decisions, they may have other considerations.
regards Herb Johnson
On 6/10/2021 10:52 PM, Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
On 6/10/21 10:50 PM, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
CDL just replaced the screwdrivers and torx sets with Wiha products. Mmmmm, Wiha niiiiiice. :-)
"I'm not rich enough to use cheap tools"
-Dave
Got plenty of use of the original IXR stuff, was starting to chip and wear out. The Wiha stuff will outlast me.... Martin
On 6/10/21 11:02 PM, Martin Flynn via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
CDL just replaced the screwdrivers and torx sets with Wiha products. Mmmmm, Wiha niiiiiice. :-)
"I'm not rich enough to use cheap tools"
Got plenty of use of the original IXR stuff, was starting to chip and wear out. The Wiha stuff will outlast me....
Yup. You'll know you've purchased good tools when you have to will them to someone. -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
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